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Messages from Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail)Adoption Request: Hi Casliber, I saw your name of the list users offering adoption. I've been a WP for about 2 months, editing anonymously. I created a user name because of all the benefits. So far I think I know the "basic" stuff like a bit of wiki markup, making articles, e.t.c. I'd like to learn some of the advanced stuff. Is it possible for you to adopt me? Regards. Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 14:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC) Hi Casliber! Thanks for accepting my adoption request. Your help and assistance will be of great value to me. My main interest is article writing as well as article editing. I intend to contribute primarily to Computer science and engineering related articles as well as Hinduism-related articles (esp. Mahabharata). Apart from that I will indulge in rectification of grammatical errors, etc. of all articles (that I read). I stay in New York and I plain to be on WP from 10pm to 11pm EST (minus 4 hours from GMT). I also have 2 questions to ask:
Thanks! Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 15:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC) In answer to your questions - yes, rollback is like the undo feature but more convenient. Regarding the second question, it is a straightforward fix. What an admin do is momentarily undelete the page and Move the page, complete with history, to userspace. I have done this before, so ask me if it happens. One way to preempt questions of notability is to begin an build on an article substantially on a draft page. I will make one for you if you don't already have one. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:20, 30 August 2008 (UTC) I am primarily interested in expanding each parvan in the Mahabharata#The_18_parvans into seperate dedicated articles. Just for a short intro, the Mahabharata is an important Hindu scripture. It consists of 18 books called "parvans". Translations of each parvan can be found here. So I'll be making 18 articles for each parvan, but as of now I have only one reference which is the one above. I'm also rather sure that they deserve seperate articles since Misplaced Pages does have articles for each book of the Bible, Quran, Rigveda e.t.c. What do you think? Additionally I have some doubts regarding your previously reply. Firstly, is a draft page a page created temporarily in something like a user sandbox? Secondly, You said an admin undeletes a page and moves it to userspace. Did you mean mainspace? Cheers! Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 01:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Sorry for the lack of communication. I was busy with college (started on 2nd), and never really got much time to read the parvans. Those parvans are really lengthy and it will be quite some time before I finish the first. I've decided to refocus my editing to CS articles for the time being. If I need any help, I'll ask you. Cheers! Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 02:33, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
I have a another small (unrelated) question to ask you. Is it OK to upoad to whatever images I like on Misplaced Pages, as long as I'm the one who created. I have created a page User: Arjun G. Menon/Photos where I would like to put up photos of me. I'm talking about creating a photo album on WP's servers. These images won't be used in articles and stuff, they are mostly family photos (and I don't mind releasing them to the public domain). So is using WP to host one's personal photo album against the rules? Cheers. Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 14:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC) Hi Casliber! I'd like to know whether images taken from Google Maps can be unploded onto Misplaced Pages. I also ran into trouble for the recent image I uploaded for this template. Cheers. Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 06:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
It's true, swoopo does indeed deserve an article, especially considering the controversy that surrounds it. I just googled swoopo and came across a list of news articles, blogs, interviews, e.t.c. about it. (most of them focus on the controversial aspect). Neverthless, can these suffice as means to prove the notability of swoopo? Can I use the links (obtained from googling swoopo) as sources for the proposed article? Thanks. Cheers. Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 06:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC) ..? Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 02:45, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. I'll certainly contact the people at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard and ask them for advice, once I finsih writing the article. Thanks for pointing me there. BTW, I tried moving User:Arjun G. Menon/Workshop/Swoopo to Swoopo, but it seems that the Swoopo (redirect page) needs to be deleted first, before I can move my page to it. Could you delete the redirect article Swoopo for me? Thanks. Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 00:32, 24 October 2008 (UTC) ... Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 21:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Casliber! I was checking out an article's history today, and I notice that the external tool "Revision History Statistics" has been replaced by "Enhanced revision history". I found the older tool, a lot lot more useful/better than the new one. I was wondering, if you have an idea as to what happened. Cheers! Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 09:52, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
More unIDed fungiG'day Cas, I've been frogging over the past few days, and the fungi season has definitely started! I have a coral fungi that I thought you would like for wiki, plus I also have a puff ball which I will upload later, will leave a message here when it is uploaded. Saw lots of fungi over the last few days, but only photographed the really interesting ones as I was using my small memory card, and wanted to leave some space for frogs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/52507572@N00/465979784/?rotated=1&cb=1177065560324 Thanks. --liquidGhoul 10:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Nomenclature of fungiHey there. I recently stumbled across an issue of Nova Hedwigia Beheift titled "the genera of fungi" (or was it agaricaceae?). It's filled to the brink with mind-numbing nomenclatural discussions of all the genera ever described (I think, anyway). Would it be any use if I looked up the specific ref or any specific genera? Circeus 00:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
LOTS of "per" in citation here. See
A first incarnation from Tentamen dispositionis methodicae Fungorum 65. 1797 is cited as devalidated: "Introduced to cover three groups already previously distinguished by Persoon (in Tent. 18. 1797) under Agaricus L., but at that time not named. It is worth stressing that was not mentioned."
Donk concludes the earliest valid type is A. muscaria, the species in Hooker, adding that he'd personally favor A. citrina.
Phew! Circeus 18:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
ndashesHTML ndashes suck. If you're on a Windows box, you can get a real ndash (i.e. unicode) by holding down the ALT key and typing 0150 on the numeric keypad. Hesperian 11:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
PorkLOL, I love your sense of humour. Maimonedes is a good reference. The reality is that Islam takes food restrictions from Judaism; and Christianity doesn't have any restriction (courtesy of three references in the New Testament). The reason why pork should be restricted (along with many other things) is not given explicitly in the Hebrew Bible, hence Bible commentators have been offering guesses since ancient times. My own favourite, however, is Mary Douglas, wife of Louis Leakey, daughter of a Lutheran pastor. Her theory is excellent, based on her cultural anthropological observations, with a decent feel for how Biblical text works. It's rather an abstract theory though. Anyway, I'll see if I can manage a literature review of dietry restrictions in the ANE, especially if there's anything explicit about pork. Don't think I'll find a reference for "why" the pork taboo is in place, though, if it's documented, I'd have read about that in commentaries. Perhaps a clay tablet with the answer has been destroyed in only the last few years during the "troubles" in Iraq. :( Alastair Haines (talk) 21:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Spotted this. I'll look for a ref to the Maimonides comment. The normal teaching is that pork is no more or less offensive to Jews than any other forbidden meat (dog, horse etc) or forbidden part of kosher animal (blood, Gid Hanasheh etc). The pig (NB pig, not pork - an important distinction which is relevant for the Maimonides comment too, I note) is "singled out" because it alone of the animals that have one of the two "signs" (it has split hooves but doesn't chew the cud) lies down with its legs sticking out. Most quarapeds have their legs folded under them. There's a midrashic lesson to be learned there, apparently, that the pig is immodestly and falsely proclaiming its religious cleanliness, when it is not. Anyway, that said, I'll look into the M comment - he was quite ahead of his time in terms of medical knowledge (check his biog). And NB my OR/POV antennae buzzed when I read that little section. --Dweller (talk) 22:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Have found good stuff, including online version of Maimonides text. I'll dump it here for you to use as you wish.
So, Maimonides argues "pork contains more moisture than necessary , and too much of superfluous matter", whatever that means! More importantly, the "principal reason" is that if you keep pigs, you end up with a dirty and unhealthy environment. Important note: Maimonides was writing from Islamic Egypt at the time, which is why he mentions "as may be seen at present in the country of the Franks." (ie France) The comments about the pig's habit of lying with its legs outstretched come from Midrash Vayikra Rabba (ch 13) where it is mentioned as part of an elaborate metaphor, but not in connection with any reason for particularly abhorring the creature. Hope that helps. --Dweller (talk) 09:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Greek proofing on WikisourceHi Cas, Would you mind bringing your knowledge of Greek to bear on these three Wikisource pages for me please: , , ? It should only take five minutes I think. If you've got a Wikisource or unified account, you can correct any errors you find; else you can let me know and I'll fix them. Hesperian 02:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Easy peasy you say... nearly all of the yellow pages on this work contain Greek. s:la:Liber:De assensione Stoici quid senserint.djvu. If you could verify even a few of them, especially p.20, that would be fantastic. John Vandenberg 15:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi again, we have a category for them now on English Wikisource: s:Category:Pages with missing Greek characters. The ones in the "Page:" namespace are accompanied by pagescans; the EB1911 pages usually have a link to the pagescan on the talk page. Cheers, John Vandenberg 23:59, 27 November 2008 (UTC) Updated UcontribsI added two columns and refined the scan logic on my most recent run, and since you are the originator of the concept, I re-evaluated you. Feel free to find any problems with the latest update, if you need an incentive, let me just say how disappointed I am that two weeks have passed and it is still not a solid list of FA's :) Also, if you're thinking of asking for a new program to show the changes between runs of my other program - no (at least not yet:). I'm wondering about putting in the latest "failed" status too, as in (Failed GA), but I'd need some category hints to work that in. Thanks for the idea, what a great way to learn about article assessments; the wide range(/incoherence) of category names; and mostly, the great diversity of interests and accomplishments of editors of the wiki! Franamax (talk) 12:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
userpage(continuing in this thread despite the different topic) I've skimmed through several categories on commons, like Books and Mappae mundi and Image:Vinland Map HiRes.jpg comes closest to what I think you want. I like the borders, esp. the hue. Unfortunately, it's not easy to lighten and probably not possible at all to remove the ink (I gave it a half-assed try with GIMP). Anyway, just to see if we're on the same page as to your idea. Ideally, several similar but non-identical images of blank pages could be used for something similar to the DT userpage, considering that you have quite a lot of stuff on your userpage (with a different section on each page and some playful navigation). Or did you have something like a central disambiguation in mind, putting all the stuff in different subpages? I envision a self-made treasure map (the real problem would be to get the ragged border to look authentic) with an imagemap overlay on the different words (rendered into the image, possibly handwritten), linking to all the different sections (like on my old userpage or using subpages). And I see a compass rose in one of the corners (bottom right?). Everyme (was Dorftrottel) (talk) 18:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. Yes, I look for compass roses on commons, too, and I agree this one is nice and can also easily be used to put it in another picture. It's a pity that the background you found isn't free, because then we'd be ready to go. I've asked my GF about the Vineland map, but she said it would take ages to get it right. Everyme (was Dorftrottel) (talk) 23:09, 4 July 2008 (UTC) A bird-related article that could benefit from your attentionDon Merton. Okay, you made one edit to it back in January 2007. I have a feeling this is a pretty interesting fellow, as would be the saving of the black robin. Of course, I also have a feeling that there are a few other bird-loving editors who pop into this page occasionally and might also be motivated to improve the article. At least this fellow is from the same hemisphere as you. :-) Risker (talk) 04:04, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Sandwich TernI see you've taken it on, good work. The display and vision bits at Crested Tern apply for all the genus. The opening sentence isn't fully supported by Bridge - although Elegant is very close, Lesser Crested isn't, other than being in the same genus. I won't abandon this article (after all, one good ... aaaarrrggh, it's catching), but let me know if there's anything specific esp from BWP, Olsen or Harrison, where I have the books. Now, must be time for a couple of slices of bread with some meat in. 10:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC) Australian figsBeen a bit of a spike in editing the few days... Guettarda (talk) 00:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
UFOINFOHi, a site called UFOINFO is used in multiple articles as reference. Do you think it should be considered RS? I cannot see any editorial board or anything by which it can be considered RS. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 05:04, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
perennial user page projectHow about this? The hue is crap, but it's just a quick edit to see if you like the direction. user:Everyme 14:11, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
I see a minor typo. It says "Welcome to Casliber's Cove" where it should say "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Hesperian 14:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
You could use the image as a fixed frame, with a scrollable text frame overlaid within it, and/or you could use it as a frame for different "pages" like my old userpage (the final revision of my old userpage combined both: "individual pages" each with a scrollable "inner" frame for the content of each page. btw: could you do me a favour and restore it? I find I need access to some formatting tricks I've collected there). At any rate, I'm going to work over the hue and upload a version without the text. It'd be possible to clone the middle (blank) part, but the limitations are manifold (apart from the challenge of making it look halfway acceptable): Different browsers and different users prefer wildly different font sizes, so you'd end up with a scrollable frame any way (where people would have to scroll "twice", once within the page and once within the frame) or you'd end up with blank space towards the bottom. user:Everyme 14:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Banksia sphaerocarpa var. pumilioFloraBase has an entry for this, but no other information. Know anything about it? Hesperian 04:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
I guess you might want to have a look at this too. Hesperian 11:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC) I've removed a comment of yoursCasliber;
VampireAn astute observation about vampires in movies: "I Vant To Upend Your Expectations". --JayHenry (talk) 14:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
BLP casesIf you're searching for cases related, I think two of the more important are the Badlydrawnjeff case and the Footnoted quotes case. Footnoted quotes isn't really about BLP content, but it established the "special enforcement" provisions that relate specifically to BLP. The Matthew Hoffman case also wasn't directly about BLPs, but it did get into how we deal with BLP-like problems involving editors and administrators who edit with their real names. Fair amount of interesting discussion in the workshop and on the proposed decision talkpage, although you'll have to wade through neck-deep crap to find it. Going through the closed cases page, here are some links:
Those I think are the big cases that deal with BLPs in 2008 and 2007. I'm sure I'm missing one or two, but if you look into them I'm sure any major principles articulated are cited to previous cases if they aren't new. I didn't follow arbitration prior to 2007, and the descriptions aren't very in depth, so I'm not completely sure which if any of the pre-2007 cases apply. I don't recall any being major factors in the above decisions. Avruch 00:34, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
related questionArbCom candidates are being asked standard questions, one of them being: User:Smith is banned after a long series of behavioral problems including harassment of User:Jones, which Smith continues on his personal blog. A checkuser presents evidence that Smith has returned as User:Smythe. His editing is without incident and he is avoiding Jones. The Committee decides to ignore the Smythe account. Some time later, Smith emails the Committee, disclosing the Smythe account and pointing out Smythe's good edits, and asking to be unbanned. However, he has continued to post negative comments about Jones on his blog, and Jones objects to allowing Smith to edit under any account name. What should be done? How about a variation of the question: User:Smith is banned after a long series of behavioral problems including harassment of User:Jones, which Smith DOES NOT continues on his personal blog. A checkuser presents evidence that Smith has returned as User:Smythe. His editing is without incident and he is avoiding Jones. Some time later, Smith emails the Committee, disclosing the Smythe account and pointing out Smythe's good edits, and asking to be unbanned. However, he has NOT continued to post negative comments about Jones on his blog, and Jones objects to allowing Smith to edit under any account name. What should be done? ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED OF UNBAN? Chergles (talk) 19:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Sorry Chergles - crappy connection yesterday: OK. The ultimate goal is writing an encyclopedia (duh). Ultimately the benefits of a reformed, productive editor have to be taken into account vs. the conditions they were banned for and the feeling in the community were a banned editor to return. These will all vary from case to case (eg off-wiki stalking or some other antisocial behavior is obviously right out/forget it etc.) If a banned editor showed that they had been highly productive with a new account here, or (say) at other wikis for an extended period, that would be a start. Next would be consultation with aggrieved parties from the first time round. If the person is allowed to continue, conditions have to be strict enough to give the previous aggrieved parties and the community that there is a sense of control of the situation (i.e. if a large portion of people just said "no way" and had good reasons for doing so, that the loss of morale and trust is such that other editors felt unsafe, it would be extremely hard to justify). If all these are right then a trial may be possible (not a given). An example is the Jack Merridew case at arbcom at present. I figured you might be; you wanna enlighten me by email? Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC) I might be what? I might be Jack Merridew? No, I'm not Jack Merridew. I hope he is not a stalker or a vandal. Or did you figure that I was just interested in you being responsive to answering a question? The reason I asked the modified question was because the original question was too easy. For example, "the bad Misplaced Pages editor is also a murderer, tortures animals, and dumps toxic waste on the ground..should he edit?" rather than "the Misplaced Pages editor has definite strong points, how to handle it". My interest in asking you a question is that I wrote to ArbCom before and they never answered. (The problem was subsequently solved more than a year ago.) Since you are running for ArbCom, if I asked you a question and you ignored it, I'm not sure that I could support such a candidate. Maybe the solution for ArbCom is a Customer Service Department? I might be willing to help as I work with customers on a daily basis. Good luck in your ArbCom candidacy. No further response from you is needed given your busy schedule. Chergles (talk) 18:05, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
User:Garden/WikiCupOhai Casliber, I see that you are listed towards the top of this page, which means you have experience with article writing and expanding articles -- getting them featured. I'd like you to check out the WikiCup, beginning in January for the fourth cup. ayematthew ✡ 23:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Wiki Christmas MeetupG'day all - I'm hoping that I might persuade you along to a Wiki christmas celebration / meetup on december 18th :-) - The meetup regulars are a friendly bunch, and we're very much hoping to get a few new folk along to chat about all things Wiki (and there are apparently some exciting things in the pipeline! Come along to find out a bit more ;-) - you can sign up here - and do feel free to edit that page with any more ideas or suggestions too :-) Hope to see you there - I've heard a rumour that the first drink is on the highest placed Australian in the current arbcom elections.... Privatemusings (talk) 23:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC)ok, so I started that rumour too.... BonsaiVery cool idea. But...(a) what species, and (b) is that Ganesha? Guettarda (talk) 17:42, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Gavin.collins RFC/UHello. A request for comment on user conduct has recently been filed regarding Gavin.collins. Since you have been involved in the dispute regarding his disruptive edits, I thought that you would want to know. You can see the RFC/U here. Thank you. -Drilnoth (talk) 21:59, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Sound therapyBetter is: this for those who do (its great); this for the feckers who don't (it tries hard but is just absolute art rubbish). And this for the vid game FAC'r. (last one was a big comp., so have mercy, maybe.) Ceoil (talk) 02:15, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Did like the 93 remix more...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:28, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Well, when one is jumping around on a dancefloor rollicking away anyway, and nowadays my crammed life and sleep deprivation also does prefer music with a little adrenaline (or epinephrine bleerrghh horrid word) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:37, 6 December 2008 (UTC) PS: Tres funny website. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:38, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
My ACE voteNo, I'm not going to embarrass myself further by telling you whom I was mistaking you for; let's just say that it's someone whose username is sort of (but not very) similar to yours and that I'm not very good with names in RL. It was, however, unconscionable of me not to investigate my confused recollections before firing off that vote. I really have to learn to stay off WP when I'm tired and have a couple of glasses of wine in me. Again, I apologize. Deor (talk) 02:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Your candidacyThank you for providing a response to my question, however, I feel that it is incomplete. I request that you review your answer and address the other 3 parts of the question (I've made this request underneath your response too). Cheers, Ncmvocalist (talk) 05:29, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
SalangbatoYou were involved in a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Salangbato, Philippines regarding this barangay's notability. Currently, there is merge discussion at Talk:Salangbato#Merger proposal. Your input would be appreciated.--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 04:38, 7 December 2008 (UTC) Oh whoa...a really cool idea this one
Amanita muscariaIts actually not looking too bad, had a wee go at it. What's the deal with the references on that page, I been adding them with cite templates but most seem to be in another format, hope I'm not making more work for someone. What about this? its not often I get to say to an Australian, we are better than you at rugby league :). Mr Bungle | talk 00:04, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Shroomshe he, you last post on Sandy's talk sounds like a request to me. Will do, glad to help. Ceoil (talk) 00:12, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Northern River Otter:Peer ReviewHello Casliber. I was referred to you by Ceranthor (talk) on the note that you had copy-editing skills that could help me during the peer review process. I have been working on the Northern River Otter article in hopes that I could ultimately promote it to FA status. It's in its beginning stages, but I'm confident that goal can be achieved by utilizing the expertise of experienced Misplaced Pages users. I would be delighted if you could stop by sometime and provide some feedback on peer review or assist with the editing process. Thank you and best regards, --Wikitrevor (talk) 02:39, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Best regards, --Wikitrevor (talk) 22:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC) WP:AUS 200 GA driveLast year we managed to pull off the century by the end of the year. What do you think about this year? We're on 178! You're one of our trump cards. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 03:25, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
(Premature) ToldjaI, for one, welcome our new arbcom overlord. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted partner infuriator I can be helpful in rounding up editors to toil in their underground FA factories. Eusebeus (talk) 05:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Gross and yuckThis kind of fungus is why I think shrooms are disgusting. OrangeMarlin 19:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC) Referencing/BLPHello, Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Living_people is useful for tracking edits to BLPs, if you want to incorporate it into your suggestion at Misplaced Pages:Improving referencing efforts. WP:CATSCAN can also be used to find BLPs with referencing issues. Regards, Skomorokh 02:40, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Wally GroutHehehe, my mother has a biography of him lying around at her place, so there is an easy DYK in a few days...(He was my grandmother's favourite player) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:36, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lotThanks a lot for the barnstar; but my contribution was very minor compared to others in MDD. Anyway; it has finally become a FA and it has been a great team work. I hope we cross again soon in other articles. Best regards--Garrondo (talk) 08:20, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Jack Merridew ban review motionThe above-linked ban review has been closed and a motion passed. Jack Merridew (talk · contribs) is unblocked, conditional to the restrictions and mentorship arrangement set out in the motion, available in full at this link. The three mentors assigned are Jayvdb (talk · contribs), Moreschi (talk · contribs) and yourself. For the Arbitration Committee,
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DYK next queueHi there, decided to drop you a note because you're the first DYK admin who appears to be online right now. Would you mind moving the T:TDYK hooks to queue #1 (the next one)? There's no queues filled right now, and I was just slightly worried that if nobody prepared it there'd be nothing for the bot to move, since the next update is less than two hours from now. I appreciate it, thanks :-) JamieS93 03:14, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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So, mindless is a personal attack, as is the name of the template. The whole theme is a failure to AGF and is at odds with WP:VANDAL and WP:BATTLEGROUND. The thing should be deleted. IMNSHO, of course. Cheers, Jack Merridew 06:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC) Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:49, 10 December 2008 (UTC) Talk page widthHi, Casliber. Your talk page width is about one and a half times the width of my PC's screen, which makes it a pain to read. Do you know why this is? If so, would you consider fixing it, please? Axl ¤ 23:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
MushroomsI'm still wrapped up in the Milton fallout. However, I believe I removed your message a while back without noticing. I'm not sure where it went, but was there anything that you needed? Ottava Rima (talk) 00:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
I took a stab at google and I found this: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. They really add a lot more books to google every day. Some of them are just a tiny note about it, but the context is interesting if you can find a copy of them. Ottava Rima (talk) 00:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
I am deeply troubled by this. You've been around for a long time. Am I going nuts? Sigh. Ottava Rima (talk) 05:58, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Question on my articleI am having some trouble uploading pictures for my article I have been working on and was wondering if you could help me... Here are the links if you can: or --Dondevoy01 (talk) 03:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
DYK templateHey Calisber, regarding this edit...I'm glad to see you liked the template! It's still very much a work in progress and there are still a lot of issues we're trying to resolve (such as making it less confusing/intimidating for new contributors), so if you have any thoughts on things you didn't like about it, things that could be improved, etc., you are more then welcome to share them at my page or at Template talk:DYKsuggestion! Also, by the way, congratulations on your performance in the ArbCom elections. —Politizer /contribs 15:06, 11 December 2008 (UTC) Using yer connections...?Hey BL, did you ever think of contacting someone like Richie Benaud and asking if they wanted to donate some "off-cut" photos to wikipedia? May be a good way to get some images of players from 1960s anyway. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
WP:DEHi, just a quick note to say I think your answer to my question concerning DE is perceptive - aqnd I hope you will make specific constructive concrete suggestions on the DE talk page, or help edit it to the point where it could be a viable policy. One comment, though, concerning the proposal you forwarded that got shot down: I think the flaw with your proposal is that it as an attempt to create a litmus test to identify "disruptive editors" i.e. a class of people. I think any such attempt however well intended will draw a lot of fire. I think a better approach is to come up with criteria for patterns of disruptive editing (i.e. that seeks to classify patterns of edits rather than kinds of editors) because I think this can be applied with more flexibility and take into account varying contexts. Slrubenstein | Talk 01:45, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Help at DYKHi Casliber. I was wondering if you could move the next update page at DYK to Queue 1. It has been six hours since the last update and no-one else seems to be around. \ / (⁂ | ※) 00:34, 13 December 2008 (UTC) DYK...…that there are other options to facing the humiliation of surrender? Cheers, Jack Merridew 12:09, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
No no, when you open up a edit-text box, the right-most tab just above it is citation. click on it. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:41, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
…that Category:Subdistricts of Indonesia should have over 5,000 articles in it? Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:47, 14 December 2008 (UTC) TiredI'm tired of these DYK double standards put forth by Art's supporters. It really needs to end. It was never like this until they started rewriting everything this summer. This was written because they keep redefining what is "prose". Prose meant the body of the text, including everything encyclopedic. But no, quoting your sources no longer counts. Quoting the author on his work no longer matters. Hell, they try to discount sections that are merely "similar" to another page. No more background for literature, that's too much like the biography, even if they are different! This really needs to end. I'm tired of this. It really needs to stop. The double standards need to be erased. Ottava Rima (talk) 03:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Semi-protectionHiya, in response to your message at my talkpage, are you sure you got the right person? I have no idea what you're talking about. --Elonka 21:19, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
CongratsYou may only have received 92%, but you are a 100% in my eyes. Haha. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 00:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Happy Casliber's Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. You were on my list for this anyway, but you get today because I salute anyone who can survive an en wiki arbcom election and stay over 90%! You may one day regret being so successful ;-) — Rlevse • Talk • 00:49, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Congrats!Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, but couldn't happen to a nicer guy! Well done! I'm sure Wiki will benefit, but I hope we look after you well enough that you don't suffer for your generosity. Happy Cas Liber day! :D Alastair Haines (talk) 01:01, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
CongratulationsIt's practically a done-deal now — congratulations, Cas. It's great to see you there. And on the note of whether or not your content contributions will suffer, I am of the opinion that you're a benefit to the site however you opt to assist. Even if you aren't as active in content (it would most definitely be missed), it's still clear you'd have changed priorities, and I find it appropriate to encourage that. You're a fair, intelligent, and uncontroversial editor and administrator, and I'm sure you'll do great on the ArbCom. Master&Expert (Talk) 07:07, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Wally Grout
DYK for Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Random MillipedesHello again. I may be back for real this time round and have just realized how slim Misplaced Pages's coverage of millipedes is. I've chipped in with two genera, but was wondering if you could translate the scientific names. The genera are Desmoxytes and Desmoxytoides hasenpuschorum. Thank you. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 03:37, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
clean-up in aisle 6Situation is well explained there; a naughty kid evading his prior block. Not very active lately. And aisle 7; could you please undelete; It's just a redirect, I think, but there are links to it from archives and such, including yours. Cheers, Jack Merridew 10:45, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
HuiaSorry for not getting back to you sooner. I've been a bit inactive of late... no doubt I will get back into Misplaced Pages eventually, but there has been a lot going on in the real world this year realistically I couldn't commit to much at the mo. Kahuroa (talk) 20:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
HmmAm I allowed to make a WP:SNOW closure and say congrats on making ArbCom? I sure hope you'll still be producing content through that mess. Ceran →(cheer→chime →carol) 02:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
ThanksThat made me laugh too. I've been attracting my fair share of bad karma it seems. Better get on more translations for you - just give the word. Eusebeus (talk) 06:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC) Happy New Year to you mate. Eusebeus (talk) 03:23, 3 January 2009 (UTC) Congratulations and good luckI decided I couldn't wait until the hour itself. I just dropped by to extend my warmest congratulations to you for your election to your new position. Since it's pretty much in the bag I don't see why a pre-emptive "well done" is undue. Best of luck - I hope you can provide some common-sensical relief on the Committee. I also wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Kindest regards, Josh. —Anonymous Dissident 14:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
The essence of judgment In this interval between the close of Arbcom voting and whatever comes next, this could be a timely opportunity to share a bit of wisdom attributed to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate. I modestly offer a translation of the calligraphy -- with an emphasis not in the original:
I hope this becomes helpful in the year ahead. --Tenmei (talk) 04:40, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:20, 20 December 2008 (UTC) Australia Day GAHi Casliber! I have made the improvements you suggested at the Australia Day article, and left a note at the GA Review page.\ / (⁂ | ※) 05:34, 20 December 2008 (UTC) refactoringwant more of your user space refactored? Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:45, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Wally Grout
BLP semi-protectingI'm chipped in my 2c, thanks for the nudge.--Scott Mac (Doc) 00:56, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Glad I was on HolidayPer your statement at is now in the wrong section. I've not followed much of what's been going on here, but do recall that you were a named party to E&C2 ;) Cheers, Jack Merridew 06:18, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
WowCongratulations, mate ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:05, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Well done, hopefully the AC seat will make you write more vigourously as it did to me. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 05:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC) de-trouted Resolved – class="plainlinks" on the wrapper-div. Cheers, Jack Merridew 15:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 I've commented-out the trout bit in the prologue for now; there are issues with the padlock icon when using secure login, which you should probably start using really soon as they're about about to canonize your account with divine powers — things like healing socks by the laying on of hands, turning Grawp into a 2 inch pillar of snot… You'll likely be getting much advice from the vast conspiracy types. I'll look into the poor fish and see what I can do; I have a similar issue on my page. Tears, Jack Merridew 15:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC) 
Rlevse suggested moving this to Commons, but it needs a proper name; any idea? or know someone who might? I saw that you were goosing the icon sizes up, but I had other tweaks in-hand. I'll bump'em; part of what I was looking to maintain was nice baseline alignment with the rule across the top. Cheers, Jack Merridew 03:02, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Happy First Day Of Winter!Happy First Day of Winter!  Just wishing you a wonderful First Day of Winter 2008! Mifter (talk) 17:24, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
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Name that cockpuppet Resolved – username blocked
I can, after just one edit. Cheers, Jack Merridew 03:55, 22 December 2008 (UTC) Huia pushHi Casliber. Apologies for the late reply, I am pretty busy these days and don't log into wikipedia very often - what with working full time and all.. I used to contribute to wikipedia a lot more when I had free time to burn when I was at uni; I realize that many wikipedians who contribute a lot work full time but it's a balancing act I'm yet to master myself. I kinda wish I'd seen your message earlier but at the same time, unfortunately, I'm not 100% sure I'll be able help out with Huia. That said, I really, really want to and I will look into mustering sufficient references which I can use to flesh out the article out - it would be great to be instrumental in getting this one to GA or FA. Happy holidays!Kotare (talk) 08:52, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Graham Colm RfAHi Casliber, Thanks for offering to nominate me and I, of course, accept. I have answered the questions and I think the page is ready to be transcluded. Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/GrahamColm Thanks once more. Graham. Graham Colm 13:49, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Cas, I'm hoping to be No. 100, but it may hit while I'm sleeping. If so, all yours. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC) Remember Last Night?Per your advice in the GAN for Dracula's Daughter, I put together a little something for Remember Last Night?. Otto4711 (talk) 00:59, 23 December 2008 (UTC) Identification of a birdHey Casliber, I hope you don't mind me coming and asking this on your talk page, but I took a photo of a bird in Sydney today, and since you're local I thought I might ask for your help. This is the photo: commons:File:Sydneybird.jpg, and I don't know what it is. I couldn't find anything similar in the articles Australian Raven and Australian Magpie. It doesn't look like a magpie, but the white on its tail tips, wings a fair bit more on the underside had me confused, and so I couldn't convince myself it was a raven either. Thanks for your time. Cheers, Ben (talk) 03:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
DYK redux...DYK that this “encyclopaedia″ has no article at all on Saraswati Day?
No Cheers, Jack Merridew 05:28, 23 December 2008 (UTC) fyi re captions are off-center Resolved – Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of pages fixed. Merry-Wiki-Christmas, Jack Merridew 05:52, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
You'll probably not want to jump-in and perform the requested edit, but you might like to keep tabs on the discussion and result. This impacts hundreds of thousands of pages. If this issue has, in fact, deterred many folks from using proper captions, it amounts to a profound long-term setback for the projects. Having semantically correct captions on tables is core to proper accessibility of pages to things like screen readers and to correct analysis of page content by search engines. Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC) Daft questionSee Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons/Contest. What do I do to claim my trophy? --Dweller (talk) 14:48, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Slightly late congratulationsCongratulations on that slaughtering success! Make all of us at WP:MED proud :) —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 20:16, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
nb: Jack's very-own BroomstarBefore you hand out too many BLP Cleanup Broom Trophies you might look at prior awards using that image: Happy Holidays (you be real busy soon after), Jack Merridew 12:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas to you, Sir and congratulations on the impending appointment to the Committee! I campaigned heavily against you, but seeing as you won, I'm going to change sides! - Have a great Christmas, friend! Keep it safe and fun! :-) (I didn't really campaign against you ;-) Scarian 12:54, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
And now, for Fvasconcellos' traditional nonsectarian holiday greeting!
Happy holidays Thanks for making 2008 an interesting and enlightening year for me; I shall look forward to working with you on the Arbitration Committee in the coming year.  Unitarian?I would think that "Merry f'ing Christmas" would be exactly opposites of what the Unitarian message would be. :P But back at you. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 23:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, same to you- your message seemed to get lost in with another. Also, congratulations on your recent appointment- I didn't vote, but I certainly followed it with interest. J Milburn (talk) Merry Christmas A Nobody is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow! Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message. --A Nobody 02:14, 25 December 2008 (UTC)Re: XmasHeh, funny stuff, luv it. All the best to you in the new year, happy Xmas!. Cirt (talk) 03:09, 25 December 2008 (UTC) DYK for Hooded Butcherbird
Christmas songheh, too late, we've already played it as our contribution to the Christmas festivities! Still, thanks for the thought and best wishes for Christmas. Now, where did I put that robin? jimfbleak (talk) 06:16, 25 December 2008 (UTC) Meh...rry ChristmasHaving had no business with the talk pages of ArbCom members until this page became one, it comes as a disappointing surprise to discover how assiduously you guys are trolled. And courted too, but especially trolled. :-( You probably better not reply to this; probably someone would keep the diff in their pocket as proof of... who know what these people think? Merry Christmas, anyhow. I haven't followed the link yet as I'm on a very low bandwidth connection at the moment. But it's the thought that counts etc. Hope you and your family had a great day. Hesperian 11:43, 25 December 2008 (UTC) XmasNice one :), thanks for the xmas message. Cheers - Mr Bungle | talk 22:05, 25 December 2008 (UTC) Merry Christmas from PrometheanO'Hai there Casliber, Merry Christmas! Casliber, Peer review of Glengoyne DistilleryI've listed an article I've been working on for peer review, I noticed in the list of participants you mentioned your were interested in food/drink. If you could take a quick gander at the article I'd appreciate it! Hey, many thanks for taking the time to have a look! I really appreciate it, I'll work on the article based on your tips. Thanks again!
Hey there Mr Mushroom!My Christmas is now complete. Fainites scribs 22:59, 26 December 2008 (UTC) Hey there DocMerry Christmas, and congratulations on your election. I was wondering if I could have a moment of your time. Something about your post in this ANI thread caught my attention. You mentioned the screed at User:Alkivar as an example of a more offensive userpage left by a user retiring in a huff. It struck me as funny, since I had contributed to the RFAR that exposed Alkivar and represented one of several users he was railing against on his userpage. I brought it up on AN shortly after he was desysopped and "retired" (to avoid the 1 year ban ArbCom was about to enact). I argued it was inappropriate and chilling against participation for a user to be able to give a final "F-You" to the community by retiring and leaving a snarly epitaph that his/her supporters can rally to protect, thus granting a privilege and implicit status unavailable to a normal banned user that propagated the appearance of admin favoritism amongst rank and file editors. Nobody's raising hell over any other banned editor's right to leave a permanent nasty monument in userspace. I was told sharply by several of his supporters that I was "Kicking a man while he's down" ("down"="effectively banned", apparently) and the thread was closed within the day as "No admin action required". This is just for a historical perspective. It just seems particularly galling to me now, however, since it again drives home the appearance that unpopular users get banned while unpopular admins (and users with admin devotees) get to "retire" and leave a monument to their anti-sociality to be forever guarded by their compatriots. I respect your opinion on this, so do you have any thoughts on how I can help with this issue? Bullzeye 00:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of (Lil) Green Patch A proposed deletion template has been added to the article (Lil) Green Patch, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:
All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Misplaced Pages is not" and Misplaced Pages's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Deb (talk) 15:45, 27 December 2008 (UTC) RegardsWhat's up? I see that you already got your share of Christmasy greetings, so I'll just wish you Happy Kwanzaa! (though I barely know what that is...) By the way, I'm trying to track down a book covering the Puerto Rican Spindalis, how about another summer FA drive in 2009? - Caribbean~H.Q. 23:17, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Flutterbys of Oz
Duly watched - I have the Braby book too so can have a tweak. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC) DYK... you can have DYKs for folks leaving you messages?You'll like this. Misplaced Pages:Editnotices allow you to put a posting guideline or whatever above the edit box. So, I thought you might like a trick; the notice does not have to be constant, you can push one of a bunch at people. You might like to have a queue of a dozen DYK hooks you've done (or all 137) and every time someone drops by to leave you a note, they get one. It doesn't have to be just your talk page; you could put it on the DYK talk page or wherever else come to mind. You can get a taste on my talk page; hit preview a bunch of times and you'll get different quotes. Cheers, Jack Merridew 12:40, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
feedback requested at Misplaced Pages talk:Misplaced Pages CommitteesHi, if you have time, I'd appreciate any feedback on a slightly crazy idea I had at Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Committees. It's related to the Arbitration Committee. Thanks! rootology (C)(T) 18:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC) Can I get your opinion?Treatment for depression (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) I was involved in this article about a year ago. Can I get your opinion on it? I think it is a violation of WP:WEIGHT since it spends such an inordinate amount of space on treatments that are not evidenced-based. What do you think? ScienceApologist (talk) 22:59, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
archiving of the latest Spectre threadWith all due respect, I do believe that archiving this after a mere three-hour timeframe (in the dead of night for most of the U.S., and during a time when many of those in the U.K. are still working on that ever-important first cup of tea) was slightly hasty. I hope you don't take my un-archiving personally - and if I transgressed some wiki-norm or another, I'm sure I'll find out soon enough, haha. The likelihood of anything productive transpiring may even be less than 50%, but I don't think it's quite at zero - no harm in letting it go on for a "full" 24 hours. Badger Drink (talk) 09:30, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Djibouti FrancolinHello. Another bird, another scientific name. I've begun working Djibouti Francolin up to GA if there is enough info out there. Could you see what Francolinus ochropectus means? Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 17:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Happy New Year and Ring in the new. Happy New Year! From FloNight
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Online now?If so, there are two edits in need of oversight (WPian's phone number plus threats being spammed by harasser/potential stalker). Shoot me an email if you're online now. لennavecia 22:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks.I just want to say I really appreciate this. I know it's not easy to stand away from someone you agree with. But I think it takes a certain amount of courage to rise above partisanship, and disagree with someone's methods even when you support their beliefs. It's something I'll remember in the future. Good luck at ArbCom. Randomran (talk) 22:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
How eloquent of you...I agree with the first clause in part 3 very strongly, and have tried to nudge folks in this direction, which is why I suggested the 3 month ceasefire with Gavin. ANyway, we will see what happens. There isn't an exponential growth in articles and the only reason alot of pop culture ones look not so good now is that the quality and depth of Good and Featured Articles has improved astronomically in hte past 3 years. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:18, 1 January 2009 (UTC) Talkback You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Sam 14:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC) Happy New YearHope 2009 is a great year for you!--MONGO 15:24, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
ThanksDear Cas, sorry for the delay, but many thanks for nominating my RfA. I was amazed at the support I got and although I will not be rushing to use new tabs, I'm sure that they will help a great deal in all I want to do for this noble project. Thanks once more and Happy New Year. Graham. Graham Colm 17:04, 1 January 2009 (UTC) Happy New Year!Dear Casliber, Wishing you a happy new year, and very best wishes for 2009. Whether we were friends or not in the past year, I hope 2009 will be better for us both. Kind regards, Majorly talk 21:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
Thanks for that video Casliber, all the best in 2009, hope AC doesn't drive you insane. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 03:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Notice of request for deletion of editor Casliber :)
Hi Casliber, this is Barb Oakley (oakley@oakland.edu). I'm *really* new to Misplaced Pages and have questions about posting and proper etiquette. Is this the proper way to reach you? Sorry to be so dimwitted about this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barboakley (talk • contribs) 16:14, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
South TangerangDYK… that this city of a million people has no article on en:wp? Cheers, Jack Merridew 05:43, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Request help with reviewHi Casliber. I know this isn't exactly your area of expertise, but I was wondering if you could have a look at Melbourne Airport. The page has been up for A-class review for a month or two, and has not received any comments. Any opinions, however minor, would really be appreciated. Hope to see you there! » \ / (⁂ | ※) 16:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC) DYKAdminBotI have restarted the dykadminbot so it no longer needs a human to manually update. However I need someone familiar with the process to verify the bot's contributions and tell me that they are correct. Further details are at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Bot.
Casliber was inducted into The Hall of The Greats This portrait of Alec Baldwin was dedicated in his honor. David Shankbone. Dubious COI accusationYou may want to take a look here. I don't see any problem and have commented. This is related to a comment now located here. -- Fyslee (talk) 02:33, 6 January 2009 (UTC) Reunion cuckoo-shrikeHello. Could you move Reunion cuckoo-shrike to Reunion Cuckoo-shrike so that it is properly capitalized? Or do you think that Reunion Cuckooshrike would be better per BirdLife and the IUCN? Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 05:26, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
ips it possible for an admin to monitor which all accounts log-on to wikipedia from the same IP address --Areastrips (talk) 18:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC) A book you might enjoyIt's all about flowers ... well, err, kind of.
She's a senior tutor in philosophy at Cambridge, written several very entertaining and informative books related to the history of science, probably including her doctorate. But I expect you know of her and this book already. I would have thought it a must read for the Banks-ia Study Group leader. ;) Alastair Haines (talk) 11:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Please don't restore removed talkpage commentsCome on, Cas. You mean well, but please don't restore comments that have already been removed once. Regards, Bishonen | talk 12:31, 7 January 2009 (UTC).
"Cheers"Casliber, I wonder if you would consider eliminating the "Cheers" on your votes on arbitration decisions; to me it seems to trivialize the act of voting, and by extension to somewhat demean the ArbCom itself. I'm quite sure you don't mean it that way, but that's how it comes across to one user, anyway. Woonpton (talk) 02:45, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Obviously you have a problem with anyone dis-agreeing with your opinion, as even the smallest changes are reverted back with lightening speed 'its quite something wish my computer was that fast'. You need proper citations (and this article needs lots of them) any first year student knows that, other wise it is just opinion, so yes it does need going through. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.136.234 (talk) 03:12, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Threshold (online game)FYI, I mentioned your AfD comment at the DRV. I did not include it lightly. Please let me know if you have concerns. Flatscan (talk) 04:38, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Addition of DSM-IV Code to Medical TemplateHi Casliber, It would be really great if we could add the DSM-IV Code to the Infobox Disease Template. It would be extremely useful in the psychiatric disorder articles. Thanks. Kind Regards, --blurpeace 05:09, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Back to Old BehaviorsSince you're serving as a mentor to Jack Merridew, I have to point out that Jack going about insulting entire wikiprojects by calling them "Fanwank", and then accusing me of trolling by taking objection to the insult doesn't bode well for his rehabilitation. Nothing about his behavior that led to his being banned previously has changed if he think's that's appropriate. See ].Shemeska (talk) 07:12, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Fair Use ImagesHey mate, any chance you could take a quick gander at the images on Glengoyne Distillery and just check if they are all ok in terms of fair use blah-dee-blah. If not I'd appreciate any pointers you can give. Cheers
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aaaaargh! IT MOVES!!Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC) WP:AUS and the Australian cricket team
talkand here i was about to ask you to have a look, but I didn't even have a chance :).DGG (talk) 05:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC) Thanks:Thanks for the season wishes. It means a lot. You can catch me over on Wikihow if you want to talk - a lot more relaxed and friendly than Misplaced Pages and suits me a lot more right now. I hope you are well and sorry for bailing on Werewolf again. Drop by some time. : ) Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 05:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Jimbo PeekingCreepy as hell,
Huia - suggestionsRe this:
This will be hard to fix since I don't have the book Kotare used - and I wouldn't want to either, probably, since a pet hate of mine is anything which lumps traditions from different regions together without giving the sources. I would suggest getting rid of all of this:
We can also add a supporting reference from this page: and could perhaps still add the reference no . Hope this helps Kahuroa (talk) 20:22, 9 January 2009 (UTC) FA collab proposalHow 'bout spontaneous combustion? In all seriousness, it seems like an interesting subject. ]<font face="Gill Sans MT">] →(]→] →])</font> (talk) 02:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Lactarius piperatus GA nominationHi, I have nominated Lactarius piperatus for good article status, and there have been a couple of questions raised about points you added from print sources. It'd be great if you could take a look Talk:Lactarius piperatus/GA1 and make any changes as appropriate. Thanks J Milburn (talk) 17:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
HuiaHi Casliber. Argh this is incredibly frustrating for me, I did so much work on this article - especially the "place in maori culture" section and I'd love to be able to do more but these days I'm so busy that I honestly just don't have the time to contribute a lot - hence why i'm replying a few days late, having not logged in for a while. I will have a glance at some of the points you made tonight but otherwise will have to put it to one side for a bit. I'm taking some leave from the 24th to the 3rd of February and I can hopefully then FINALLY find the time to rip into this article and make some improvements.. no promises but if everything goes according to plan I will be able to do it. i have some questions though... 1.You are a prolific contributor and very active member of the wikipedia community, yet I assume you're pretty busy person too, what with the research that you do ( or so I gather from your profile page). i only found I could really comfortably contribute to wikipedia during months long university holidays - but i no longer have the luxury of having those - Any tips on how to fit in wikipedia editing time? 2. The edits I like to make most are the ones which I did on "Huia" - adding lots of new, well referenced material to expand an article substantially. However, I'm not quite sure how to go about the research bit.. It seems like a lot of editors have got some kind of system going..Here is how I did it back in '07; I simply went to the uni library and wellington central library and and got out all the books about the Huia I could find - in additon to magazine articles and books about it which i own. Next I read through all the information i had gathered and underlined the relavant stuff with pencil - then I categorised it according to what the info. was about - the categories I had were ( to give you an idea) 1. Description . 2. distribution and habitat 3. Behaviour - etc I numbered the paragraphs according to what type of info. they covered. Then I went through and collated all the info. for each number/category of information and composed my writing straight onto wikipedia. I didn't really know how to go about doing the research and may have sort of been "reinventing the wheel" a bit (so to speak). how do seasoned editors like yourself do it? and do you track down more hard to reach info. from scientific journal articles by ordering them in somehow? and finally, is there somewhere on wikipedia with hints as to how to do original research to write an article? Your response would be greatly appreciated and very helpful Hope the summer weather is treating you guys well across the ditch, Cheers, Kotare (talk) 05:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC) Tendentious policy-making - a suggestionWP:TEND is currently just an essay but, iirc, you would like to see it promoted. May I draw your attention to a recent spat which might be summarised with this diff. My position is that the other party is a tendentious editor - an impression I formed while working on Depression and natural therapies which I came across at AFD - it got so bad that I eventually walked away from the article. That topic may be of interest to you too but let's not digress. My point is that the putative guideline about tendentious editing is currently open to tendentious editing itself and I see similar activity on other policy pages that I watch. This is a paradoxical process which really requires more input from disinterested and high-minded folk. My impression is that our sovereign lord, Mr Wales, did little more than invent 3RR and IAR and has left policy otherwise open to all. Arbcom acts in his place so, now that you sit on it, perhaps you can improve the policy-making process. Rather than just fighting fires, I suggest that you appoint a task force or sub-committee to work upon pages such as WP:TEND and bring them up to the policy equivalent of FA status. When this is done, the pages could then be locked to provide a stable set of guidelines which might provide some much-needed stability and consistency. Colonel Warden (talk) 23:31, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
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- Maimonides, Guide for the perplexed, Book III ch.48. Can be viewed online at http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/gfp/gfp184.htm